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ArticleBioactive materials2016

Bioactive polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering.

Scott Stratton, Namdev B Shelke, Kazunori Hoshino, Swetha Rudraiah, Sangamesh G Kumbar

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Article in Bioactive materials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 157 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

157 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Scott StrattonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA.
Namdev B ShelkeDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA.
Kazunori HoshinoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Swetha RudraiahDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Saint Joseph, Hartford, CT, 06103, USA.
Sangamesh G KumbarDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA.

Funding

Nanofiber based artificial nerve graft for peripheral nerve regenerationR03NS058595 · NINDS · THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI YU, XIAOJUN · 2009 to 2010
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NINDS NIH HHS R03 NS058595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A variety of engineered scaffolds have been created for tissue engineering using polymers, ceramics and their composites. Biomimicry has been adopted for majority of the three-dimensional (3D) scaffold design both in terms of physicochemical properties, as well as bioactivity for superior tissue regeneration. Scaffolds fabricated via salt leaching, particle sintering, hydrogels and lithography have been successful in promoting cell growth

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BioactiveBiodegradableBiomaterialsPorosityScaffoldTissue regeneration

Identifiers

PMID28653043
PMCPMC5482547

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